The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-01
Farm AND HOUSEHOLD.

A New England experImenter finds .
hat feeding apples to milch COWS inva-
riably lessons the flow of milk.
On light, spOngy soils it will benefit
horses to allow them to go unshod for a
while, especially when they have tender
feet.
Remember that the woman throws on
her home surrounding the sunshine or
the shadow which exists in her own
soul.
Teething, teverish children can often
be quieted by bathing in warm water in
which a large teaspoUntul of saleratus
has been dissolved.
Grass seed is not easily killed, and for
that reason may be sOwn as early as may
be desired. The main object should be
to select clean seed.
Quite large amount of early lettuce
may De grown By sowing the seed in
cold frame, and thinning the plants out
while they are very small,
A gi!ded palm leaf fan with pocket
or bag of silk, velvet or plush attached
to it makes al odd but pretty receptacle
for photographs, cards or fancy work.
When a wash boiler begins to rust and
is still too good to cast aside, make a
good sized bag of strong muslin OF old
bed ticking, put the clothes to be boiled
into it, and so savs them from rust.
Fences cost OD most farms each year
moIe than taxes, and they are becoming
more and more costly as material gets
scarce. The true policy is 20 take up
interior fences so far as practicable.
Before using new earthenware place
in a kettle with cold water, and heat
gradually until it bOils then let it re-
main until the water Is cold 1t will not
De so liable to crack if treated in this
manner.
Most farmers have learned that cut
hay OF even straw, wet and sprinkled
with meal, is better feed for working
horses than whole grain and hay. In
this shape the nutriment in the feed is
easily assimilatej.
Tomatoes trained to stakes give the
sweetest fruit and remain in bearing the
longest but many cultivatoIs who grow
for size and quantity only, believe they
have the bes: results when growing them
on the level ground.
a calf will thrive on milk after the
cream has been taken off. 1t is better
fed to them sweet and warm, as it chills
the stomach and draws from the vitality
Of the animal to warm the cold milk
just from the creamery.
Divide your rhubarb plants at the
roots and make a new location for them.
This should be done in the fall or very
early in the spring. Put them in very
rich ground with the buds about one OF
two inches below the surface.
Tables that have been neglected may
be bleached by spreading on them over
night layer of wood ashes made into
mortar like paste with water; then
brush it off and scrub. The same paste
may be laid on floors when spotted with
grease.
All small apples and those defective
in form or damaged by worms, have
their best market on the farm as food
for animals. If packed in with sound
fruit, even in small proportion, they
reduce the price of all even to the point
of loss.
For breakfast fritters, take one cup OF
cold boiled rice. one pint Of flour, one
teaspoonfal of salt, two eggs Beaten
light, two .easpOOnfuls of baking powder
stirred into the flour, and enough milk
to make thick batter. Fry like griddle
cakes.
Boil parsnips until tender. then strain
and mash fine. Warm in a stew pan a
little milk. lump Of butter, pepper and
salt, then add the parsnips place in the
dish in which they are to be served,
smooth the top nicely, brush over with
beaten egg and put in a hot oven to
brown.
In order to guard against flies, tue
stable should be thoroughly cleaned Oft
en-. a sprinkIing of the floors with a
mixture OF a teaspOonful of carbolic
acid and two gallons of water, will dis
infect the stall, while the manure heap
may also receive an application with
advantage.
To compel Brahmas and Cochius to
Ioost high is cruelty. They not only
have difficulty in getting on but also in
getting off. ALI roosts should be made
low and on the same level. There is no
necessity for having them high, and a.
nearly all diseases of the feet arise from
high rOcs.s, they should be abolished.
This Is how the Germans are said to
get rid of rats: a mixture of two parts
OF well-bruised common squills and three
parts of finely chopped bacon is made
into stiff mass with as much meal as
may be required, and then baked in
small cakes, which are put down for the
rat to eat. 1t proves an exterminator
to the rodents.
n good way 70 keep a cows tail still
v bile milking, Is to provide a rope strap
long enough to pass over the animals
hips, and hang down over her tail. The
rope may be ever so old, as strength is /
not needed, but should be three inches
or mort in circumference, as it must
have weight. 1t can be changed from
cow to COW as fast as you can walk.